The Mayor of Cambridge supports The Big Jubilee Lunch and calls for the...
With less than 10 weeks to go until the big day, The Mayor of Cambridge, Ian Nimmo-Smith, today called for the people of Cambridgeshire to come together in an act of community spirit and...
View ArticleThe 4th annual Lunch with the Pope!
This year Lunch with the Pope celebrated its 4th Big Lunch – with our Big Jubilee Lunch Street party taking place in Pope Road, Bromley, Kent on Sunday 3rd June 2012. In the run up to the day and on...
View ArticleHow to make Damson Jam
Incredible Edible Cloughmills in Northern Ireland recently held a workshop inviting people from the local area to sign up to learn the skill of making Jam. Patrick Frew the group chairman collected the...
View ArticleGrowing Community in Moyle!
A blog by Cairns Residents Group Cairns residents group represents a housing estate of 40 homes in Cushendall, in the Glens of Antrim. Its a beautiful place to live but ever escalating fuel costs hit...
View ArticleBegin with The Big Lunch
I’ve the daily good fortune of meeting good folk making positive change in their communities. However, even these really motivated people often tell me all the reasons they think The Big Lunch might...
View ArticleNI: Win £200 with The Big Lunch
Primary and nursery schools across Northern Ireland are invited to take part in The Big Lunch ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ competition. Three lucky schools will be selected to win a £200 cash prize to...
View ArticlePeace Bridge Big Lunch
Community representatives from across Northern Ireland gathered on the Peace bridge, Derry city in support of The Big Lunch 2014 in Northern Ireland; highlighting community friendship and solidarity....
View ArticleGrow Wild Community Funding
We invited Grow Wild to come along to our recent Big Lunch Extras Community day in Northern Ireland where Stephanie their local contact shared lots of useful tips. Since the project is UK wide we...
View ArticleI got my first kiss at a street party!
Communities in Belfast are often written about due to tensions sparked by flag protests and marching season, but today we are drawing attention to a group of over 50s in Ardoyne, North Belfast who...
View ArticleEasy Soda Bread Recipe
Soda bread is the easiest of breads to make and it’s cheap, low fat and perfect for any Big Lunch. In case of confusion this is an Ulster recipe and here we refer to the wholemeal version of this...
View ArticleGrow Wild Big Lunch
“Sometimes all you need is food to bring people together to get a creative idea of the ground” says Stephanie, Northern Ireland representative of Grow Wild, Kew gardens’ lottery funded project. In...
View ArticleVote for wild flowers in Northern Ireland
Northern Irish public to decide who receives £120,000 funding to help communities bloom Grow Wild announced their funding for the year ahead by hosting a Big Lunch bringing everyone interested...
View ArticleFermanagh Big Lunch Gathering
Big Lunch Extras went on tour across the UK and arrived in beautiful Fermanagh, Northern Ireland’s lake county. We held a weekend gathering and the weather was kind, allowing us to get out and about in...
View ArticleCelebrate Neighbourhood with The Big Lunch
Interested in taking part in The Big Lunch this June? There is £2000 worth of £50 vouchers available to constituted and non constituted groups, neighbours, schools and clubs in Northern Ireland. Find...
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